Information Literacy Rubric

GELO Exceeds expectations Meets expectations Approaches expectations Does not meet expectations
Identify and access appropriate sources for a given task using relevant research methodologies and technologies. Identifies and accesses appropriate resources. Demonstrates a thorough understanding and use of relevant vs. irrelevant research methodologies and techniques. Identifies and accesses appropriate resources. Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to determine and use relevant research methodologies and technologies. Identification of or accessing appropriate resources using relevant research methodologies and technologies is lacking. Unable to accurately identify and access appropriate sources. Does not utilize relevant research methodologies and technologies.
Identify and evaluate cues to credibility (e.g., authority, currency, partiality, limitations, and/or accuracy, etc.) and cues to incredibility (e.g., misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, propaganda, and/or fake news, etc.) for truth and intentionality. Identifies and evaluates cues to credibility. Demonstrates a thorough ability to evaluate sources for authority, currency, accuracy, etc.; demonstrates a thorough ability to identify misinformation, fake news, etc. for truth and intentionality. Identifies and evaluates cues to credibility. Demonstrates a satisfactory ability to evaluate sources for authority, currency, accuracy, etc.; demonstrates a satisfactory ability to identify misinformation, fake news, etc. Identification and evaluation of cues to credibility and incredibility is lacking. Struggles to accurately identify misinformation, propaganda and/or fake news. Unable to accurately identify and evaluate cues to credibility and incredibility. Unable to accurately identify misinformation, propaganda and/or fake news.
Attribute, use, and cite sources appropriately for a given task to avoid academic dishonesty. Attributes, uses, and cites sources appropriately. Demonstrates a thorough understanding of material use, attribution, and citation as required. Demonstrates the ability to avoid academic dishonesty. Attributes, uses, and cites sources appropriately. Demonstrates a satisfactory understanding of material use, attribution, and citation as required. Demonstrates the ability to avoid academic dishonesty. Attributes, uses, and cites sources with minor errors. Demonstrates modest understanding of material use, attribution, and citation as required. Demonstrates the ability to avoid academic dishonesty. Unable to accurately attribute, use, and cite sources. Commits academic dishonesty.
Synthesize information from multiple and/or diverse sources to produce a product (e.g., papers, literature reviews, informative brochures, lab reports, etc.) that accurately reflects relevant information Thoroughly synthesizes information from multiple and diverse sources to produce a product that accurately reflects all relevant information. Synthesizes information from multiple and/or diverse sources to produce a product that accurately reflects the most relevant information. Ability to synthesize information from multiple and/or diverse sources is lacking or the product does not accurately reflect relevant information. Unable to synthesize information from multiple and/or diverse sources and product does not accurately reflect relevant information.